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Considering a move to New Zealand? An established Auckland scaffolding business opportunity

For an experienced scaffolding operator looking to expand, acquire, or relocate, Sidewall Scaffolding offers something that normally takes years to build: an established Auckland business with equipment, customers, systems, and a platform for further growth.

Scaffolder awarded $752k after fall through skylight

An Australian court has awarded a scaffolding worker more than A$752,000 in damages after finding his former employer negligent over a fall through an unprotected skylight at a defence site in Canberra.

Acrow set to complete AGIS acquisition as industrial access expansion accelerates

Australian scaffolding and construction services group Acrow is preparing to complete its acquisition of AusGroup Industrial Services as it pushes deeper into industrial access across Queensland’s resources and infrastructure markets.

Australia steps up push for scaffolding to gain skilled-trade status

Scaffolding Association Australia has taken its campaign for formal trade recognition and a structured apprenticeship pathway to federal decision-makers in Canberra.

Australia launches national scaffolding best practice guidelines

The Scaffolding Association Australia (SAA) has launched the first version of its Australian Best Practice Guidelines for Scaffolding, providing the industry with a single...

SAA to publish free Australian scaffolding best practice guidelines

The Scaffolding Association Australia (SAA) will launch its Australian Best Practice Guidelines for Scaffolding on Monday 27 July, providing the industry with a single...

WorkSafe to strip SARNZ of scaffolding certification role after 20 years

New Zealand's workplace safety regulator will take control of scaffolding Certificates of Competence from the industry body that has administered them for almost 20...

AT-PAC opens Darwin branch to support northern Australia projects

AT-PAC has opened a new branch in Darwin, Northern Territory, giving contractors in northern Australia local access to scaffold stock, rental equipment and technical...

Australian scaffolding body warns Kwikform collapse exposes subcontractor risks

Australia’s scaffolding trade body has said the voluntary administration of the Kwikform group highlights wider concerns over subcontractor exposure and payment risk across the...

Australian scaffolding group enters administration with over 650 jobs at risk

A group of companies linked to one of Australia’s largest scaffolding and formwork providers has entered voluntary administration, placing more than 650 jobs at...

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